Review From The Past: DragonBall Z:The Dead Zone (1997)

[tarsonis]

Um, Piccolo is in the exact same position in each image. He looks closer because Goku got bigger.

And the Pioneer cover has the whole imge shifted to the left. Some parts of the left which are seen on the original poster are cut off on the Pioneer cover, but we see s little extra on the right side.

Weird.

Oh, now I see what you mean. At first I thought they zoomed in on the whole picture, but it looks like it was solely Goku and Gohan instead. Nevermind.

[BoxerGloves]

Wow I never expected Funimation to show some deleted clips that they cut out of the T.V series, I'm impressed

It was Pioneer Enertaiment, actually.

[Gokuden553]

Wow I never expected Funimation to show some deleted clips that they cut out of the T.V series, I'm impressed

It was Pioneer Enertaiment, actually.

Correct Pioneer also did the DVD's aswell.

[VegettoEX]

Correct Pioneer also did the DVD's aswell.

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[GI_Judd2287]

I've been meaning to get the Pioneer DVD of DBZ movie 3. I loved that dub. Me and some of my friends actually quote it from time to time. It was the first DBZ movie I saw so I'll always consider it one of the better ones. I don't think the newer dub will live up to it.

Also, I haven't seen the Ultimate Uncut dub of DBZ movie 1. How did it stack up to the original? Did it change the song where Gohan was drunk or whatever from the fuit? I don't mind the current voices, but I don't like the changes to the BGM Funimation always makes.

[unstable_person99]

Did it change the song where Gohan was drunk or whatever from the fuit?

Yeah, they changed it. :/

[BoxerGloves]

There's like at least 6 people who have worked on the various scripts for DB-DBZ-DBGT dubs, right?

Yeah, there were. The names of which that I remember are: Ward Perry, John Burgmeier, Neel Bligh, Chris Forbis, Sean Teague, and Chris Sabat.

And of all them, Ward Perry is probably the only one who's worthy of receiving praise. As you should know, Pioneer Entertainment hired him to write the ADR scripts for the first three DBZ movies. And unlike the rest of the ADR script writers who worked on the DBZ dub, Perry stayed accurate and faithful to the original Japanese screenplays as much as humanly possible. And the result was the fantastic English dubs for the Tree of Might, Dead Zone, and The World's Strongest movies.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the other writers. They all helped to turn the dub into a goddamn reinterpretation and a self-parody of the original version of the show, particularly the one named Neel Bligh (aka Christopher Neel). He wrote the scripts for pretty much all of the 291 dub episodes, and he also wrote the scripts for both of the DBZ TV specials, and most of the movies, from # 4 and up. For pretty much every punched-up dialogue line, a corny "Americanized" joke, or a downright script inaccuracy within the dub, we all have Neel Bligh to thank for. Anything DBZ-related he touches, it turns to shit. Any fan of the sub, who've had the displeasure to watch the dubbed versions of the Bardock TV special, Lord Slug, and The Super Android 13 (movie #7), can testify to that.

[MyVisionity]

They all helped to turn the dub into a goddamn reinterpretation and a self-parody of the original version of the show, particularly the one named Neel Bligh (aka Christopher Neel). He wrote the scripts for pretty much all of the 291 dub episodes, and he also wrote the scripts for both of the DBZ TV specials, and most of the movies, from # 4 and up. For pretty much every punched-up dialogue line, a corny "Americanized" joke, or a downright script inaccuracy within the dub, we all have Neel Bligh to thank for. Anything DBZ-related he touches, it turns to shit.

So, Neel Bligh? Well I guess now I know who to thank for being gracious enough to offer a new and different perspective on the original story, and for freshening up the old scripts and keeping me surprised.

*Cover image snipped*
I know we've all seen this image so many times that its just a blur of cover art. Just look at it, look how cool its drawn. From the smallest detail like the shadows on the nimbus cloud, to the guy in the back who looks nothing like Garlic Jr. This is a really well done piece of art. The thing I like about Garlic Jr. on the cover is that he looks very 80's ish, I don't know why but he does. I hate this new "everything has to be redrawn in flash to look good" idea. You can never get this much deatil from a flash drawing. This looks like its right out of an art book.

I've always liked the detail within the characters' clothing. Just the way Goku's gi wrinkles and scrunches around his body makes it all the more real. The attention to detail on the cover really makes a person believe that there must be a real story behind the movie, and that's always important.

[veshira]

Wow. Deleted scenes? Namek language as a choice on in the Language menu (even though it was a gag)? The only other thing I would ask for is a blooper reel, as seen on the Weiss Kruez dvds.